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公开(公告)号:US10131830B1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-20
申请号:US16051678
申请日:2018-08-01
Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor: Remi Mahfouz , Aziz Fihri , Enrico Bovero , Abdullah A. Shahrani , Haitham Aljahani , Abdullah S. Al-Ghamdi , Ihsan Taie
Abstract: A method of preventing formation of a water and oil emulsion in a downhole formation containing oil, the method comprises preparing a dispersion of water and a plurality of non-functionalized nanoparticles, each nanoparticle in the plurality of nanoparticles having a size of at least 300 nanometers, and injecting the dispersion into contact with the oil downhole. Presence of the plurality of nanoparticles prevents formation of an emulsion between the injected water and the oil.